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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERS COUNTY·NCES 010060000257
Fairfax Elementary School
502 Blvd, Valley, AL 36854 · (334) 756-2966 · Chambers County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
401 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
28.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fairfax Elementary School
Fairfax Elementary School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax Elementary School this school | 689 | 58.2% | 40.4% |
| Madison Cross Roads Elementary School Toney | 841 | 58.0% | 49.9% |
| Allentown Elementary School Semmes | 843 | 58.7% | 52.9% |
| Coosada Elementary School Millbrook | 797 | 56.5% | N/A |
| Jim Pearson Elementary School Alexander City | 704 | 60.8% | N/A |
| Brent Elementary School Brent | 603 | 58.7% | 35.8% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fairfax Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #414 of 626 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #429 of 626 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #395 of 626 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #112 of 709 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #572 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #107 of 658 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #366 of 696 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +40.6% | #23 of 262 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
689
+252 (+58%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 689 | 35 | 19.7:1 | 58% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 69% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 653 | 33 | 19.8:1 | 69% (450) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 67% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 68% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 69% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 63% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 57% (342) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 30 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfax Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (490 to 689); teachers up 40% (25 to 35).
About Fairfax Elementary School
Fairfax Elementary School is an elementary school in Valley, Alabama, and it is part of Chambers County. Its 689 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 44% bigger than the 480 average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Fairfax Elementary School is run by Chambers County, whose 9 schools enroll 3,203 students.
Fairfax Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 33% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Fairfax Elementary School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Fairfax Elementary School total 35 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The school counts 401 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 58%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fairfax Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 40.4% actual against 41.7% predicted.
Fairfax Elementary School is located in Chambers County, where the median household income is $49,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Fairfax Elementary School, Chambers County has 12 other public schools.
Valley High School is located about 0.8 miles from Fairfax Elementary School. The five-mile area around Fairfax Elementary School holds 6 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 26.5%, lower than Fairfax Elementary School's 40.4%.
Fairfax Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal records list enrollment at Fairfax Elementary School as 437 in 2020-21 and 689 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.7:1) than in 2020-21 (16.8:1).
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Chambers County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,192
Census ACS
Median income
$49,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,174 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chambers County
- Valley High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- W F Burns Middle SchoolMiddle · 545 students
- Huguley Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Lafayette Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Bob HardingShawmut ElementaryElementary · 232 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 182 students
Other schools in Valley
- Beulah Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Valley High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- W F Burns Middle SchoolMiddle · 545 students
- Beulah High SchoolHigh · 535 students
- Bob HardingShawmut ElementaryElementary · 232 students
Other Fairfax Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Fairfax Elementary. Fairfax Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Fairfax ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 359 students
- Fairfax Elementary SchoolMentor, OH · 310 students
- Fairfax Elementary SchoolCleveland Heights, OH · 303 students
- FAIRFAX ELEM.FAIRFAX, MO · 66 students
Nearby schools
- Valley High School0.8 mi · 692
- W F Burns Middle School1.2 mi · 545
- Bob HardingShawmut Elementary3.4 mi · 232
- Huguley Elementary School3.9 mi · 383
- Lanett Senior High School4.5 mi · 260
- Lanett Junior High School4.5 mi · 147
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfax Elementary SchoolHow large is Fairfax Elementary School?
Fairfax Elementary School enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-06.
Is Fairfax Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairfax Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Fairfax Elementary School?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Fairfax Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairfax Elementary School?
At Fairfax Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 13% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairfax Elementary School?
Fairfax Elementary School is overseen by Chambers County in Chambers County.
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